Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when Johnny made plans that she could n't bear it . |
| 2 | On March 21 Collor warned employers who dismissed workers that their books would be subject to " hostile inspection " and that they would be considered " unpatriotic " and guilty of " sabotaging " the economic programme . |
| 3 | But we tried things that we 'd done in theory . |
| 4 | Dr Toyoda dismissed fears that their dream of conquering the European market could be destroyed by the recession . |
| 5 | Dr Toyoda dismissed fears that their dream of conquering the European market could be destroyed by the recession . |
| 6 | FRANCE and Germany pledged yesterday to defend the French franc if it came under further attack from speculators , but they dismissed suggestions that they might link their two currencies in a mini monetary union . |
| 7 | De Klerk dismissed suggestions that he ca n't control his security forces by pointing out that he appointed 10,000 police officers last year , and claims that the new influx will go a long way in helping subdue township unrest . |
| 8 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 9 | In Bonn yesterday , the CDU 's Secretary-General , Mr Volker Ruehe , dismissed suggestions that his party was interfering in East Germany . |
| 10 | But they deleted allegations that he tried to gouge out his brother 's eyes , tried to strangle him and tried to murder him . |
| 11 | THE Prime Minister yesterday dismissed charges that his rejection of Margaret Thatcher 's industrial policies of the 1980s was an attack on his predecessor . |
| 12 | Inevitably it was into the long rows of tents , pavilions and blanketed men that they plunged . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , BBC chiefs last night dismissed reports that they plan to kill off their expensive new Eldorado soap as ‘ wild speculation . ’ |
| 14 | Customs authorities confirmed that Mr Gibbins owns property in Moscow , but dismissed reports that he had gone abroad as speculation . |
| 15 | The 37-year-old former England winger vowed he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract , saying : Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Anfield where they crashed 5-0 on Saturday . |
| 16 | Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Liverpool tonight in the Coca-Cola Cup , after losing there 5-0 in the League on Saturday . |
| 17 | ITALY 'S heavyweight opera star Luciano Pavarotti yesterday dismissed reports that he plans to quit opera to concentrate on recitals . |
| 18 | He dismissed reports that his party was divided over tactics and personalities . |
| 19 | And while admitting to being ‘ pampered , cosseted and over-paid ’ , she dismissed reports that she will earn £300,000 a year from January , when she will front a new BBC show Entertainment Express , as untrue and exaggerated . |
| 20 | In April Chandra Shekhar suspended Operation Bajrang after ULFA provided assurances that it would not disrupt forthcoming national and state-level elections [ see p. 38151 ] . |
| 21 | FILM director Woody Allen 's young lover yesterday dismissed rumours that their affair was on the wane . |
| 22 | In 1972 the official unemployment rate was under 4 per cent , and of those questioned in the Nuffield survey , only 5 per cent told interviewers that they were currently out of work . |
| 23 | For the long vacation we told institutions that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 24 | In 1908 it assured shareholders that it was ‘ now remunerative ’ , the prelude of course to going out of business in 1910 . |
| 25 | Winnie Mandela told supporters that she had been found guilty by the media . |
| 26 | As a result the impression has grown up that Wordsworth was rather a simple soul — an impression aided and abetted by the maid at Rydal Mount , who told visitors that her master 's study was ‘ in the fields ’ . |
| 27 | In Sicily the Pope told hearers that they should fight the Mafia . |
| 28 | Most companies said they used the results as research , although a few said they advised workers that they were at higher risk in certain jobs than others . |
| 29 | He told Italians that his resignation was a response to " your vote , the disastrous financial situation and the Maastrich deadline , the prominence of bad in our society , public disservice and institutional paralysis " . |
| 30 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |